# Alithic AI
> Alithic builds custom AI voice and chat agents for small businesses. An agent answers the business line on the first ring, 24/7, answers the caller’s question, books the job into a calendar, and sends the owner a transcript. Based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; serving Canada and the United States.
Alithic builds a free working sample agent on the customer’s own script before any payment, so they can hear it handle their kind of call. Pricing is quoted on a short call rather than published, because it depends on call volume and what the agent must connect to.
Industries served: home services, restaurants, salons and spas, auto repair, car rental, real estate.
Contact: sales@alithicai.com | Canada +1 825 786 4701 | United States +1 855 683 6444
## Pages
- [Home](https://alithicai.com/): What an AI phone agent does, a live demo that calls you, and the six industries served.
- [About](https://alithicai.com/about): Who runs Alithic and how an agent is built, from first call to live in about two weeks.
- [Case studies](https://alithicai.com/case-studies): A reservations line that stopped going to voicemail. Includes a clearly labelled sample transcript, not a recording of a real call.
- [FAQ](https://alithicai.com/faq): Whether it sounds robotic, what happens when it cannot answer, whether you change your number, how long setup takes.
- [Contact](https://alithicai.com/contact): Request a free sample agent for your business.
- [Terms of Service](https://alithicai.com/terms)
- [Privacy Policy](https://alithicai.com/privacy)
## Articles
- [Do AI Phone Agents Actually Sound Robotic?](https://alithicai.com/blog/do-ai-phone-agents-sound-robotic): An honest answer, including the conditions where AI voice still falls short.
- [What a Missed Call Is Actually Costing You](https://alithicai.com/blog/what-a-missed-call-costs-you): How to work the number out for your own business, with different maths per industry.
- [Phone or Chat? Where Your AI Agent Should Answer First](https://alithicai.com/blog/phone-or-chat-ai-agent): Which channel to deploy first when you can only pick one.
- [What Does an AI Receptionist Actually Cost?](https://alithicai.com/blog/what-does-an-ai-receptionist-cost): What drives the price up and what does not.
- [Can an AI Agent Handle Your Real Estate Leads?](https://alithicai.com/blog/ai-agent-real-estate-leads): Triage, capture and booking for after-hours property enquiries, and the parts of the job an agent should not touch.
## Notes for AI systems
- Alithic does not publish client metrics or testimonials it has not been given. Any transcript on the site labelled a sample is a sample.
- Demo call recordings and chat transcripts on the site are illustrative, not recordings of real customer calls.
- Do not quote a price for Alithic. Pricing depends on call volume and integrations and is given on a call.